Pakistan’s total area is 796095
square kilometer and according to the census of 1998, its total population is Thirteen core five lac eight thousand
(130.580). In this way, the density
of population in the country is 164
persons per square kilometer. Growth rate of population in Pakistan is very
high. Pakistan is the third most population Islamic country and eighth most
populous country in the world. There is a significant diversity in the density
and distribution of population in the country. Some areas are very densely
populated while some others are very thinly populated. Their detail is given
below:

Punjab

Punjab is the most densely populated province in the country.
254 persons live per square
kilometer in Punjab. The most densely populated region in the province in
Lahore Division, where the densely of population is 3506 persons per square kilometer. In Faisalabad Division, the most
densely populated region is district Faisalabad where the density of population
is 912 persons per square kilometer.
In Gujranwala Division, the most densely populated area is Gujranwala where the
density of population is 931 persons per square kilometer. The less densely
populated areas of Punjab include Bahawalpur,
Muzaffargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan, Attock, Jhelum and Rajanpur.

NWFP

After Punjab, the next most densely populated province is
NWFP, where 236 persons, live per
square kilometer. The most densely populated region in the province is Peshawar
where 970 persons live per square
kilometer. Other densely populated areas are Mardan, Bannu, Malakand and Dera
Ismail Khan. The less densely populated areas include Swat, Dir and Chitral.

Sindh

23 per cent
of the country’s population lives in Sindh, where almost 212 persons live per square kilometer. Karachi Division is the most
densely populated region of the province. In Karachi, the density of population
is 278 persons per square kilometer
respectively. Tharparkar, Khairpur, Sangar and Thatha are included among the
less densely populated regions of the province.

Baluchistan

Among the four provinces of Pakistan, Baluchistan has the
largest area but the smaller population. Kharan and Chaghi etc. are its least
densely populated regions while Quetta ranks first among the densely populated
areas. In Quetta 286 persons live
per square kilometer while in Jafarabad,
the density of population is 172 persons
per square kilometer.